All Quotes By Tag: Open-mindedness

“A man who believes everything can be explained by science is just as ignorant as someone who believes everything can be explained by religion.”

“There is more to me, than just a pretty face”

“Always hear others out and remain open-minded; the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.”

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”

“It’s okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn’t give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don’t like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.”

“Awareness is not a school quiz that can be passed by reading and memorizing some facts. It’s a journey that is fueled by our intent to be open, honest, and free.”

“We must sense and confront our blockages and biases if we are to be open and grow.”

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”

“Beware: open-mindedness will often say, ‘Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.”

“An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man’s mind is open on these things, let his mouth at least be shut. He can say nothing to the purpose. Outside the Tao there is no ground for criticizing either the Tao or anything else.”

“Despite my firm convictions, I have been always a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.”

“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.”

“It’s not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.”

“To be evenminded is the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.”